Re: PCI market trend info, png's take

[Terry Trausch <TTrausch@msmail.radisys.com>]

What does AGP stand for?  Better yet, where can I read about it so I don't 
bother anyone excessively?

Thanks
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From: pci-sig-request
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Subject: PCI market trend info, png's take
Date: Tuesday, November 12, 1996 6:00PM


> Can anyone point me to some information on what
> the PCI market trend looks like a year from now.
> Are most of the PCI components expected to be
> 32-bit/33MHz, 64-bit/33MHz or 64-bit/66MHz? A
> mix bag or what? I realize this information may
> or may not be generally available, so any thoughts
> or ideas as to where the PCI market is heading
> will be appreciated.

I'll take a quick stab at this, although I could assemble more specific
prognostications given more time. I think that 5V, 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI will
continue to be the most common version for conventional expansion cards for
at least three more years. There's just very little reason to make an
Ethernet card or a hard disk adapter run any faster than that, or on a
lower voltage. PCs generally have only a limited ability to manage
high-bandwidth devices anyway, with one conspicuous exception:

Graphics chips and cards for PCs will migrate very quickly-- wide
availability by this time next year-- to 3.3V, 32-bit, 66-MHz PCI and/or
AGP. 2D and 3D are already using up all of the PCI bus; AGP provides a
relief valve, giving graphics cards somewhere else to go.
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